Links on the Chain-Phil Ochs

[ti:Links on the Chain] [ar:Phil Ochs] [al:Bluegrass & More, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Links on the Chain - Phil Ochs [00:05.61]Come you ranks of labor [00:06.80] [00:07.45]Come you union core [00:08.76] [00:09.74]And see if you remember [00:11.47] [00:12.20]The struggles of before [00:13.65] [00:15.10]When you were standing helpless [00:17.11]On the outside of the door [00:18.87] [00:19.67]And you started building [00:22.17]Links on the Chain [00:24.61] [00:25.27]On the Chain you started [00:28.60]Building links on the Chain [00:34.10] [00:35.03]When the police on the [00:36.32]Horses were waitin' on demand [00:38.37] [00:40.00]Ridin' through the strike [00:41.59]With the pistols in their hands [00:43.25] [00:44.63]Swingin' at the skulls of many a union man [00:48.05] [00:48.88]As you built one more [00:51.56]Link on the chain on the chain [00:56.53]As you built one more link on the chain [01:02.48] [01:06.08]Then the army of the fascists [01:07.83]Tried to put you on the run [01:09.50] [01:10.61]But the army of the union [01:12.60]They did what could be done [01:14.06] [01:15.27]Oh the power of the factory [01:17.34]Was greater than the gun [01:19.15] [01:19.85]As you built one more link [01:22.65] [01:23.27]On the chain on the chain [01:27.42]As you built one more link on the chain [01:33.77] [01:35.24]And then in 1954 decisions finally made [01:38.41] [01:39.64]The black man was a risin [01:41.46]Fast and racin' from the shade [01:43.22] [01:44.20]And your union took no stand [01:46.24]And your union was betrayed [01:48.82]As you lost yourself a link [01:52.29]On the chain on the chain [01:56.48]As you lost yourslef a link on the chain [02:01.94] [02:04.38]And then there came the boycotts [02:06.20]And then the freedom rides [02:07.60] [02:08.41]And forgetting what you stood for [02:10.54]You tried to block the tide [02:12.33] [02:12.89]Oh the automation bosses [02:15.06]Werre laughin' on the side [02:17.62]As they watched you lose your link [02:20.97] [02:21.54]On the chain on the chain [02:25.35]As they watched you lose [02:27.56]Your link on the chain [02:31.70] [02:33.18]You know when they block your [02:34.95]Trucks boys by layin on the road [02:36.57] [02:37.81]All that they are doin is [02:39.61]All that you have showed [02:41.27] [02:42.25]That you gotta strike you gotta [02:44.00]Fight to get what you are owed [02:46.21] [02:46.78]When you're building all your [02:49.28]Links on the chain on the chain [02:54.30]When you're building [02:55.58]All your links on the chain [03:00.29] [03:01.24]Amd the man who tries to tell you [03:03.09]That they'll take your job away [03:04.56] [03:05.44]He's the same man who was [03:06.98]Scabbin hard just the other day [03:09.10] [03:10.07]And your union's not a union [03:11.74]Till he's thrown out of the way [03:14.04] [03:14.71]And he's chokin on your [03:16.91]Links of the chain of the chain [03:22.20]And he's chokin on your links of the chain [03:27.94] [03:30.13]For now the times are tellin [03:31.97]You the times are rollin on [03:33.25] [03:34.18]And you're fighting for the same thing [03:36.35]The jobs that will be gone [03:38.07] [03:39.18]Now it's only fair to ask you boys [03:41.50]Which side are you on [03:43.22] [03:43.88]As you're buildin all your [03:46.22]Links on the chain on the chain [03:51.34]As you're buildin all your links on the chain [03:58.79]As you're buildin all your links on the chain